Entering the gate of this cottage and being in the core area of this cottage, Lin Jue was immediately stunned by the pattern in front of him. Just now, beyond the mountain beam, it was a rocky and steep place, but at this moment, the scene in front of him was very different from the outside of the mountain beam. The inside and outside of the walled gate can be called two worlds.

The artificially excavated wide stone staircase extends upwards, and many houses on both sides of the stone staircase are built according to the topography, row upon row, neat and orderly. On both sides of the stone staircase near the walled gate are a dozen giant fortresses built of stone. According to the sketches drawn by Liu Dabao before, Lin Jue knew that these dozen or so stone fortresses were the barracks in front of the wall. It was the place where the soldiers guarding the gate of the main village were guarded. In the event of an enemy attack, the soldiers and horses there can quickly reinforce to the top of the mountain or various high points to defend against the enemy.

Walking up several stone steps, the left and right sides are a different scene. Lin Jue was surprised to find that between the houses on both sides, there were actually signs with curtains and wine curtains, and those were actually rows of shops. Moreover, there are many men and women walking around on the stone staircase avenue, and they go in and out of the shops on both sides to buy and sell. The children with drooping hairs chased and frolicked from house to house, laughing crisply. This meeting made Lin Jue feel extremely surprised.

Lin Jue thought that the atmosphere in the main village must be solemn, everyone must be expressionless, and they will be angry when they meet. However, the scene in front of me is far from what I imagined. If you don't know that this is the core of the bandits, you will think that you have come to an ordinary town, and the people living here are just ordinary people. However, Lin Jue knew that everyone here was a bandit or their family members. The children who play between the houses, who are a little older in the future, have the only occupation of being their sons and continuing to be lake bandits. It's a bandit's lair.

Lin Jue, who walked up the stone steps carrying the cloth, didn't attract too much attention. The patrols that patrolled by from time to time on the Stone Steps Avenue were not interested in Lin Jue, the bandit who came from the outpost camp to carry supplies. Of course, the bandits on the tall arrow towers that abound in the village were of no interest in him. There are also 369 and so on among the lake bandits, and these bandits in the main village have a natural sense of superiority over those bandits outside the main village, and they don't have these people in their eyes at all. After all, these people are just low-level bandits who do coolies and go out to rob, and they are the ones who defend the big and second masters of the main village and many family members, and they are the really important people.

The stone steps avenue continued upward, and Lin Jue knew that he had not yet reached the most core point of the main village. In the wooded heights ahead, the cottage is located. That's where the core of cottage power is symbolized. There was once a place where Gao Yuankui and dozens of brothers gathered, and the banner fluttering there witnessed the great changes and ups and downs of the cottage in the past 20 years.

The higher you go, the more gentle the terrain becomes. The avenue of stone steps finally came to an end, and there was a flat area ahead. The crowds are denser, the houses are denser, and there are more patrol bandits in the Arrow Tower. There is a fork in the road leading to the southeast, which leads to the southeast corner where the warehouse is located. Lin Jue should have sent the two bundles of cloth there to hand over and then turned back, but how could Lin Jue do that, he resolutely stepped on the avenue that led to the direction of the Juyi Hall in front of him.

Walking through many houses and crowds, the flow of people around Lin Jue became less and less. Finally, after crossing a side street, Lin Jue suddenly found that there was no pedestrian around him. Looking back, there were still people coming and going more than a dozen steps away, but the entrance where he was like an insurmountable barrier from the crowd over there, and the people over there didn't cross the thunder pool half a step at all.

Lin Jue realized that he had walked into the forbidden area. Standing at the entrance of the street and looking ahead, the pines and cypresses in front of it are verdant and rich, and the road at the entrance of the street is divided into three, one leads to the front, which is the commanding height where the Juyi Hall is located. One leads to a high place on the left and one to a high place on the right. Lin Jue was a little confused, he didn't know which road he should go, because he didn't know where the left and right roads led.

Liu Dabao's sketch did not point out here, probably because he thought that Lin Jue could not reach here, so there was no need to point it out. Lin Jue couldn't directly ask where the owner of Dazhai was at that time, because that would make Liu Dabao suspicious. Lin Jue knew that the residence of Gao Muqing, the lord of the village, must be on the left and right, but at this moment, he couldn't guess.

"What for? What are you doing sneakily? A broken cry came from the side, and in an instant, dozens of bandits poured out, holding blades to surround Lin Jue. The bandits actually didn't have formal attire, they just relied on the waist tag hanging on their bodies to prove their identity, carrying two pieces of cloth and leaning on Lin Jue, who actually looked no different from the ordinary people walking around the streets, and the bandits naturally didn't know who he was at all.

"Brothers, don't do it, my brother is from the outpost camp, and he came to carry supplies up the mountain. No, hang the waist tag on your waist, you who are tired, take it off and see. Lin Jue hurriedly shouted.

A bandit ripped off the bamboo card on Lin Jue's waist and looked at it a few times.

"You're the brother of the outpost camp, just carry the goods into the main village, but how did you get here? The warehouse is in the southeast corner, how did you get here? Don't you know that this is already a no-go zone? Inside the cross street is a cottage land, even if it is his own brother, he cannot enter at will. Don't you understand the rules of the cottage? The bandit shouted.

Lin Jue's brain teaser was quick, and he hurriedly replied: "Of course I understand, this place is not allowed to enter at will, can I still not know?" I can't do it, Dazhai wants these two pieces of cloth, and if I want to send them to her residence, I can only carry them. You think I'm thinking, how far is it to the warehouse? I've been fighting for a long time, and both legs are about to go limp......"

"The lord of the village ordered these two pieces of cloth?" The bandits looked at each other, and after their eyes fell on the two pieces of cloth on Lin Jue's shoulders, they were immediately relieved.

It was two brightly colored printed silk cloths, which looked like high-end fabrics from Suzhou and Hangzhou. The owner of Dazhai is a woman, and naturally likes to make clothes with flowers, perhaps because she saw that these two pieces of cloth were good, so she asked for them by name.

"Oh, it turned out to be the order of the lord of the village, that's it, then why are you still standing here and looking around? Don't send it yet. You are still complaining about the hosting of Dazhai, are you looking for death? The bandit rebuked.

Lin Jue was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately, he had picked these two good cloths before, and there was a reason to prevaricate at this moment, and it seemed that these people were already convinced of this reason. Sure enough, it is useful to hang a tiger skin and pull the flag, and everyone is afraid of getting into trouble.

"What my brother said is, I'll send it quickly. Please hang the waist card for me. Lin Jue said repeatedly.

The bandit bent down and re-tied the waist card to Lin Jue, and Lin Jue raised his foot and walked towards the fork in the road on the left. The bandits were stunned, and someone shouted, "What are you doing?" You are going to the dwelling of the lord of the village, how do you go on that road? Is it the main cloth of Dazhai or the main cloth of Erzhai? ”

Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly turned around and smiled: "Look at my stupid, I can't even recognize the road when I stir up, of course it's the one over there, damn it, my body is weak, and I am already dizzy when I walk so many steps against such a little thing." Sorry, sorry. ”

Lin Jue turned around and walked towards the fork in the road on the right, and a bandit shouted behind him: "Usually use less handcuffs and more health." The bandits burst out laughing.

Lin Jue didn't look back and walked briskly, letting them laugh at him. But I was relieved. Although I don't know the road, someone points me to the maze, but I don't have to walk around by myself.

Lin Jue's figure disappeared behind the pine and cypress, and dozens of bandits were about to return to their positions to continue guarding, when they suddenly saw a group of people walking on the road on the left. At a glance, he recognized the tall man walking in front of him.

"It's the second master."

All the bandits immediately stood up and bowed their hands, and said in unison to the men who were surrounded by dozens of guards: "Hello to the master of the second village!" ”

The person who came was Qiu Biao, the owner of the second village, who was dignified, with a square face and a wide mouth, and his face and body shape were quite imposing and majestic. But a pair of eyes that are too small and white destroy the harmony of his facial features, giving people the impression of a seemingly loyal but insidious city.

"Yes, brothers." Qiu Biao returned the salute with a smile on his face.

"Is Erzhai mainly going down the mountain?" One of the bandits asked.

"Shut up, where is the second village master, should you ask? Why did you inquire about the whereabouts of the second village master? A thin man standing behind Qiu Biao scolded sharply.

The questioning bandit was startled, fell to his knees limp, and reached out and began to slap himself.

"Call you many mouths, call you many mouths." Scolding himself while beating back.

Qiu Biao's eyes flashed, and he stepped forward with a smile and pulled him up and said, "Why bother. Brother Qian, this brother is just a casual greeting, what is the intention. Don't do that, don't fight. ”

The bandit was grateful, his mouth red, but he was relieved. Although he slapped himself a few times, the owner of the second village did not blame, and his life was saved.

"Did you have any fun when you laughed when you came here just now?" Qiu Biao asked with a casual smile in order to ease the atmosphere.

"Oh, Hui Erzhai Lord, a brother who moved goods under the mountain, was ordered by the owner of the village to send two pieces of flower cloth to the residence of the lord of the village. This kid was dizzy, he couldn't carry the cloth and went the wrong way, and everyone laughed at him for being stupid. The little leader of the bandits said busily.

"The main person in Dazhai sent flower cloth to her?" Qiu Biao frowned.

"yes. Said the brother of the anti-cloth. ”

"When did the master of the village go out? How did she know we had a batch of supplies? And the owner of the village never takes the initiative to ask for things. She treats everyone equally, saying that all the materials and fabrics are put into storage and taken out evenly. I gave her a lot of good things, and she was holding a prevarication, why did she change her personality today? Qiu Biao squinted at the intersection on the right and groaned in the distance.

Everyone knew that they had touched the sore spot of the second village master. It is no secret that the owner of the second village has a soft spot for the master of the big village. Every time, the owner of the second village tried his best to get some jewelry and valuable things to give to the owner of the village to make her happy, but the owner of the village refused for various reasons. Presumably, the second owner of the village remembered the embarrassment of his rejection at this moment.

"Erzhai master, let's go do things first, and then you can ask the master of Dazhai yourself. What the righteous brother and sister say alone, the owner of the village likes flower cloth, isn't this also normal? ”

"Hahaha, Brother Qian is right, it's normal. When I came back in the evening, I went to the warehouse to pull a cart of flower cloth and send it to her. Hahaha. Walk! Qiu Biao laughed and waved his hand, leading people to stride away.